Vanderlei Luxemburgo speaks, but who understands? – 05/15/2023 – Sandro Macedo

This scribe recently returned from a trip passing through Luxembourg, the country, as mentioned here before. And he had time to follow the two recent matches of Corinthians in the Brazilian Championship, both with Luxemburgo, the coach.

The team was easily defeated by the leader Botafogo and held the tie against São Paulo, playing at home, on Sunday. The accumulated results leave the Itaquera team in the dreaded Z4, the relegation zone.

I was curious to hear Professor Luxa’s interviews after the games, but I confess that I was even more confused after them. To begin with, a certain resentment of the coach is noticeable, who was cornered and had not coached a Série A team since he was fired from Palmeiras, in 2020 – replaced by Abel Ferreira.

Perhaps due to adverse results, the 71-year-old coach always arrives on the defensive.

And it’s good not to expect a tactical analysis, as gringo coaches and many of the Brazilians are able to provide, including Dorival Júnior, Maurício Barbieri and Mano Menezes. Luxa says he’s going to sort it all out “in-house”, as he claimed in those 20th century interviews he remembers.

Against Botafogo, some answers even seemed disconnected from the questions, and the collection of loose phrases included: “I’m going to do an analysis together with the players”, “the analysis is always in the internal sense”, “we lost the game of three, but there’s positive things”, “in your company do you solve internal or external problems?” (annoyed by a reporter who insisted on a tactical explanation).

When a young man asked about motivation in relation to his most victorious period, then, the man turned into a beast, even quoted the size of the field to say how much he is “attentive” to the changes in football.

After the 1-1 draw in Itaquera, the first question came in a philosophical tone. “If you had been offered a 1-1 draw before the game, would you have agreed?” Teacher’s response: “But that was the result, right…”. After a few minutes, Luxa somehow managed to elaborate the answer that the journalist wanted, and, for him, the players should celebrate the tie.

This scribe would like to see a Luxembourg interview after a win, which would likely make the professor more relaxed and less complicated. See if there’s time. Corinthians’ next rivals are Atlético Mineiro (Copa do Brasil), Flamengo (Brasileiro) and Argentinos Juniors (Libertadores), all away from home. He will return to his stadium next, against Fluminense.

As everyone knows, the man in charge of Corinthians is the man known as External Pressures. And External Pressures have little patience.

Round 38 – 14 left

After the resignation of the dear Portuguese Ivo Vieira, from Cuiabá, there are 14 survivors who have been since round 1 of the Brazilian. Now the score points to Foreigners 7 x 7 Brasucas.

And Cuiabá itself is also responsible for the first living dead of the 2023 edition with the hiring of the Portuguese coach António Oliveira, resurrected after dying in Coritiba.

write down the name

Paulo César Zanovelli. Write down this name, and pray he doesn’t referee your team’s game. The intrepid referee dealt 21 cards in two Brazilian games, including some very weird reds in Fortaleza v São Paulo and Bahia v Flamengo. He also did not see a clear corner in the first game mentioned. This scribe recommends that he be fielded only for daytime games with natural light and that he wear a cap during the skirmish.

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